threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agoSeriously good cold-climate heat pumps are headed to the US marketelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down10
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkSeriously good cold-climate heat pumps are headed to the US marketelectrek.cothreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 month agoI think you’re forgetting ground source heat pumps. They’ll work fine at -40 because they don’t rely on air temperature.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·1 month agoThose are different and that’s cheating. It’s not what this article is referencing or talking about.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 month agoGeothermal heatpumps that gather the heat from underground below the frost line are different and much more time and space extensive than a regular heatpump.
I think you’re forgetting ground source heat pumps. They’ll work fine at -40 because they don’t rely on air temperature.
Those are different and that’s cheating. It’s not what this article is referencing or talking about.
Cheating in what?
Geothermal heatpumps that gather the heat from underground below the frost line are different and much more time and space extensive than a regular heatpump.